Deborah Nicol (She/her)Social Worker

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Websitebunburycounselling.com.au
WA Mental Health | Bunbury Counselling Level 2, 123 Spencer Street, Bunbury Plaza Offices, South Bunbury, Western Australia, 6230
Map for Level 2, 123 Spencer Street, Bunbury Plaza Offices, South Bunbury, Western Australia, 6230

Overview

Deb is a qualified and experienced Mental Health Social Worker, Therapist (including Child-Centred Play Therapy), and Clinical Supervisor who is passionate about providing solution-focused support and therapy that achieves meaningful results. She works with a wide range of presentations, including mild to severe mental health challenges, disability (including NDIS participants), trauma, burnout, stress and anxiety, separation, weight management, chronic illness, and end-of-life care. Known for her gentle and supportive nature, Deborah creates a compassionate space where clients feel understood and empowered. Her work is grounded in a strengths-based and person-centred approach, helping individuals build resilience and self-awareness. A dedicated advocate for social justice, autonomy, mental health, and end-of-life awareness, Deborah brings both professional expertise and deep empathy to every client she supports.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • Bachelor of Social Work

Accreditations

  • Member of AASW
  • Child Centred Play Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Somatic Healing
  • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
  • Crisis Debreifing

Certifications

  • Neuroscience
  • Grief and Loss
  • Cancer and End of Life
  • Trauma and the Brain
  • Burnout and Psychological Distress
  • Certificate in Training and Assessing
  • Self-Care and Stress Management

Fees/Services

  • Child Centred Play Therapy (CCPT)A$195.00
  • Clinical SupervisionA$180.00
  • Couples CounsellingA$210.00
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) SessionA$0.00
  • Individual CounsellingA$195.00
  • NDIS Counselling
  • Parent ConsultationA$195.00

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Academic Performance
  • Addictions
  • Adoption
  • Alcohol and other drugs addictions (AOD)
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness Training
  • Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Behaviour Problems
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Bullying
  • Career and Vocational Planning
  • Child Psychology
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Counselling
  • Couples Therapy
  • Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
  • Depression
  • Divorce/Separation
  • Eating disorders
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Family Therapy
  • Gambling addiction
  • General Counselling
  • Grief and Loss
  • Health counselling
  • Infertility
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Life Transition and Adjustment Issues
  • Mediation
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Pastoral care
  • Personality Assessments
  • Phobias
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post-Natal Depression
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychosis
  • Rehabilitation
  • Relaxation training
  • Religious Issues
  • School Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual identity disorders
  • Shyness & social skills deficits
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Suicide
  • Supervision
  • Terminal Illness
  • Trauma
  • Weight loss
  • Workplace Bullying
  • Workplace Issues

Modalities

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Adlerian / Individual Psychology
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
  • Eclectic
  • Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
  • Ericksonian
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Interpersonal
  • Jungian
  • Mindfulness
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychoeducation
  • Psychotherapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Time-Limited Therapy

Patient Focus

  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Families
  • Older adults
  • Women
  • Men
  • People with disabilities
  • Culturally and linguistically diverse communities
  • Couples
  • Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
  • Non-Binary People
  • LGBTIQ

Languages Spoken

  • English

Services

  • Email consultations
  • Group Sessions
  • Home Visits
  • Inpatient care
  • Mobile service
  • Nursing home visits
  • Online consultations
  • Wheelchair access